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Fish and Game suspends ice house registration in the Copper Basin
Ice anglers in the Copper Basin won't have to register their fishing shelters this winter, after the state found there's no way to do it online.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Copper River Delta moose hunt closes six weeks early at 24 of 25 bulls
Bull moose hunting on the Copper River Delta closes Wednesday night, six weeks early, after hunters took 24 of the 25 bulls the state allowed.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Wrangell-St. Elias subsistence commission meets next month in McCarthy
The commission advising on subsistence hunting in Wrangell-St. Elias meets in McCarthy next month, with time set aside for public testimony.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Federal board extends FM1106 subsistence moose hunt by two days
Federal officials added two days to a Copper Basin moose hunt and closed 1,300 square miles of Interior river corridors to outside hunters. One group objects.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Falling rock rerouted the Root Glacier trail, and helicopters are coming
Falling rock closed the main Root Glacier trail in July. The reroute is still in place, it runs across talus, and the park wants you in traction devices.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Wasilla council commits to planning a regional dispatch center outside city limits
Wasilla agreed to help plan moving its emergency dispatch center out of town. The reason for the hurry is a fire station going up on Bogard Road.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
The any-bull option closes in Unit 13C after three moose filled the quota
The any-bull option closes in Unit 13C at midnight Tuesday after three bulls filled the quota. The subunit's allotment dropped from five last year.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Flood watches cover McGrath and Fairbanks as one storm moves across Alaska
Flood watches take effect Monday for McGrath and Tuesday for Fairbanks as a multi-day storm brings heavy rain and wind across Alaska through Saturday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Troopers arrest Gakona woman on felony meth charges after Glennallen stop
Alaska State Troopers arrested Yahneenah Sinyon of Gakona on felony methamphetamine charges after a Glenn Highway stop on July 22 turned up roughly 73 grams of meth and over $1,000 in cash.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska's August was warmer than its July, for the fourth time in a century
August was warmer than July in Alaska this year, which has happened four times since 1924. July was the coldest since 2008 and kept the fires down.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Wrangell-St. Elias weighs 10 more days of subsistence moose hunting
Rural subsistence hunters in the Wrangell-St. Elias area could get 10 more days to take a moose this fall, with the park set to decide Monday.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Wasilla weighs $569,600 for round-the-clock Fire/EMS dispatch at MatCom
Wasilla City Council will vote Monday on a $569,600 budget amendment to add round-the-clock dual dispatchers at MatCom, funded entirely by the Mat-Su Borough.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Moose hunter flown off upper Chistochina River after medical emergency
A moose hunter with a medical emergency on the remote upper Chistochina River was flown out by helicopter Monday and handed to waiting medics, troopers said.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read
An Ahtna-owned company will demolish buildings at a West Virginia park
An Anchorage company owned by the Ahtna regional corporation will demolish abandoned buildings at New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Haines donation drive collects wood stoves and building supplies for Tok fire rebuilding
Haines residents are collecting wood stoves, refrigerators, and building supplies for Tok-area households rebuilding after the Mukluk Fire destroyed 50 homes in August.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A Cordova tribe's company will rebuild the Labor Department Great Hall
A tribe based in Cordova, a town you can reach only by boat or plane, will rebuild the Great Hall at the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Alaska's smallest fire year since 1995 was also one of its most destructive
Alaska's quietest fire season in 30 years still took 50 homes at Tok, in a fire a climate specialist calls among the most destructive in state history.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Fifty homes destroyed at Tok in Alaska's lightest burn year since 1995
The Mukluk Fire destroyed more than 40 homes at Tok during Alaska's lightest burn year since 1995, making it one of the most destructive fires in state history despite record-low statewide acreage.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Copper River dipnet and subsistence fishing runs through Sept. 30
Copper River dipnetters have until Sept. 30 to fish, closing out a below-average sockeye year — and the river gauge is down, so check conditions first.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Fortymile caribou Zone 2 closes Sept. 5 as fall quota nears
Hunters in the roadless Fortymile range have until Sept. 5 to take a bull before Zone 2 closes — the fall quota of 100 is nearly met. Zone 3 stays open.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
An Anchorage firm will guard a federal satellite archive in South Dakota
An Anchorage company owned by Ahtna Athabascan shareholders will guard a federal satellite data archive in South Dakota for five years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
When the Memphis courthouse needs work, the government calls Anchorage
An Anchorage company owned by a Copper River village corporation has taken five federal orders at one Memphis courthouse this year, worth about $514,000.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Cordova's visitor numbers support 0.03 of a tourism liquor license. Rounded up, that is one.
Copper River Brewing seeks Cordova's first seasonal tourism liquor license, which would let families dine and hear live music April through September if the state approves it Sept. 1.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Seven small earthquakes logged across Alaska over three days
Seven small earthquakes hit scattered parts of Alaska between Aug. 26 and 29, ranging from magnitude 2.6 to 3.6. Only one has had human review.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Federal grant of $3.6 million funds seismic retrofits on eight Interior Alaska bridges
Alaska has $3.64 million in federal money to earthquake-proof eight bridges its own engineers priced at somewhere between $5 million and $10 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska extends fire season to Sept. 14 in Delta, Tok and Copper River areas
Burn permits will stay required two extra weeks, through Sept. 14, in the Delta, Tok and Copper River areas, after a dry summer left fuels parched at depth.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A tiny Copper River village corporation is quietly renovating federal courthouses across Tennessee
A company owned by tiny Chitina Native Corporation, from a Copper River dipnetting town of about 260 shareholders, is racking up federal courthouse renovation jobs across Tennessee.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Copper River gillnetters get a 12-hour opener Monday, half the last period
Copper River and Bering River gillnetters get 12 hours Monday, half of last week's opener, as Fish and Game tries to keep building early salmon escapement.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A Copper River village corporation is fixing federal buildings in Tennessee
A company owned by 260 shareholders from a Copper River village is painting judges' chambers in Memphis and fixing a fire pump in Jackson, Tennessee.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Kotzebue chum fishermen got a second buyer for the season's last week
Kotzebue chum fishermen had two buyers for the season's final six openings, after weeks with one. The regulatory season closes Aug. 31.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
King salmon fishing is over for the year in the Upper Copper River drainages
King salmon fishing in the Upper Copper River drainages is done for 2026. Permit holders must report online by Aug. 31 even if they never fished.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Yentna River passes flood stage near Lake Creek with water expected in lodge cabins
The Yentna is over flood stage near Lake Creek, with water expected in cabins at two lodges. It should crest around 21 feet Tuesday morning.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Willow Creek forecast to reach minor flood stage Tuesday under Susitna Valley flood watch
Willow Creek is forecast to reach minor flood stage Tuesday morning during Alaska's primary election, with 2 to 4 inches of rain expected across the Susitna Valley through Wednesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Gusts to 65 mph on the Anchorage Hillside and in Eagle River through tonight
Guess what! Wind! On the hillside in South Anchorage and Eagle River especially =)
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
UAF will study the landslides thawing under Alaska's pipeline
A UAF researcher will study why landslides start deep in thawing permafrost, aiming to protect Alaska's infrastructure — including the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read
Troopers arrest man in Glennallen on no-bail federal warrant from heroin case
Alaska State Troopers arrested Eric Lackey in Glennallen on a federal no-bail warrant for a probation violation tied to heroin sales.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Two Fortymile caribou zones will close after just 48 hours
Alaska closes Fortymile caribou hunt in Zones 1 and 4 on Aug. 21, just two days after opening, expecting to fill the 190-bull quota in that window.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Court says a tribe can't sue its health consortium in state court
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Dot Lake Village can't sue the Tanana Chiefs Conference in state court — the health consortium has tribal sovereign immunity.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Thursday's lane closure at mile 89 on the Richardson Highway is off Alaska 511's list
Richardson Highway Lane Closed
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Kotzebue chum fishermen get a better price but have just one buyer left
Kotzebue chum fishermen are getting nearly 20 cents more a pound this season, but with only one registered buyer left, their market now hinges on a single company.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read